Pride and Poverty: Economic Insecurity in the LGBT community

Pride Month is a time to celebrate the contributions of the LGBT community to our state and nation. But in this time of celebration, it’s also important to recognize how far we have to go to achieve freedom and equality for all.

Just last month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned that threats of violence against the LGBT community are on the rise. We’ve also seen a slew of anti-LGBT legislation introduced in statehouses across the country.

In addition to increased hostility and threats to physical safety, the LGBT community also faces higher levels of another form of violence, what Gandhi described as “the worst form of violence”: poverty.

In this episode of Policy for the People, we discuss the issue of poverty in the LGBT community with Dr. Bianca D.M. Wilson, a Senior Scholar of Public Policy with the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. The Williams Institute is the nation’s leading research center on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy.